Colm Toibin's Brooklyn
By: Virginia Lee
Contributors: Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
Series: Insight text guides; Insight text guides
Publisher: Insight Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Kilda VIC, Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781922150875; 9781922150882; 9781922150868
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM; European; Women immigrants; Criticism and interpretation; History; Fiction
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: CHARACTER MAP; OVERVIEW; About the author; Synopsis; Character summaries; BACKGROUND & CONTEXT; Historical and social setting: Ireland; Historical and social setting: Brooklyn; Enniscorthy; Hurling; GENRE, STRUCTURE & LANGUAGE; Genre; Structure; Language; The title; Narrative point of view; CHAPTER-BY- CHAPTER ANALYSIS; Part One (p. 3-50); Part Two (p. 53-91); Part Three (p. 95-199); Part Four (p. 203-51); CHARACTERS & RELATIONSHIPS; Eilis Lacey; Tony Fiorello; Father Flood; Mrs Lacey; Rose Lacey; Mrs Kehoe; Jim Farrell; Laura Fortini; THEMES, IDEAS & VALUES; The migrant experience.; title: Social divisionsChange; Love; Loss; Family; DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS; Critical viewpoints; Two interpretations of Brooklyn; QUESTIONS & ANSWERS; Essay writing; title: an overview; Essay topics; Vocabulary for writing on Brooklyn; Analysing a sample topic; SAMPLE ANSWER; REFERENCES & READING.